Relationship dossier
Faroe Islands
Greenland
Relationship assessment
Practical North Atlantic partnership, with fisheries cooperation and shared regional institutions
Faroe Islands toward Greenland
+30The Faroese government participates in fisheries arrangements with Greenland that provide for reciprocal fishing access. The Faroe Islands also engage in regional cooperation with Greenland through the West Nordic Council.
Greenland toward Faroe Islands
+30The Greenlandic government participates in fisheries arrangements with the Faroe Islands that provide for reciprocal fishing access. Greenland also engages in regional cooperation with the Faroe Islands through the West Nordic Council.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship is shaped by practical fisheries cooperation and shared West Nordic regional engagement. Both territories govern substantial domestic affairs within the Kingdom of Denmark, while their external relations remain connected to the constitutional arrangements of the Kingdom. The scope and durability of their direct government cooperation are not fully clear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
The Faroe Islands and Greenland are self-governing territories within the Kingdom of Denmark, with distinct home-rule governments. Their bilateral relationship includes fisheries cooperation, including arrangements governing reciprocal fishing access. They also share regional parliamentary cooperation through the West Nordic Council. These links indicate practical cooperation, although the scope and continuity of government-level collaboration are not fully clear.
Key developments
Fisheries arrangements provide for reciprocal fishing access between the Faroe Islands and Greenland.
The Faroe Islands and Greenland participate in the West Nordic Council, a regional forum that includes Iceland.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and continuity of reciprocal fisheries arrangements are unclear.
- The extent of direct cooperation between the two governments beyond fisheries is uncertain.